List of protective service agencies

This is a list of government Security police and Bodyguard organizations.

Australia

• Australian Federal Police
  • Australian Protective Service
• New South Wales Police Force
  • State Protection Group

Bangladesh

• Special Security Force
• Special Branch
• President Guard Regiment
• Special Security and Protection Battalion

Belarus

• Belarusian Presidential Security Service

Brazil

• Velours International Group
• Brazilian Federal Police
• Municipal Guards

Bulgaria

• National Protection Service - A militarized service, legally a part of the armed forces, but outside of Ministry of Defense jurisdiction. Directly subordinated to the Office of the President. Provides close protection for the President and Vice-president of the Republic of Bulgaria, their families, the national residence sites, the Chairman of the parliament, the chairmen of parliamentary factions, the Attorney General, the Prime Minister and the ministers, the previous President and politicians, who are deemed under threat. The service uses ground forces ranks. The Director of the National Protection Service is a Major-General and his deputy is a Brigade General.

Canada

• RCMP National Protective Policing Service
• Canadian Forces Military Police
• House of Commons Security Service
• Senate Protective Service

Chile

• Palace Guard and Presidential Escort of Carabineros de Chile

Colombia

• Dirección de Protección y Servicios Especiales (DIPRO)

Directorate for Protection and Special Services

Denmark

• Politiets Efterretningstjeneste

Danish Army Protection Team

Finland

• Dignitary Protection Service, Helsinki Police Department^[1]

France

• Velours International Group
• Groupe de sécurité de la présidence de la République
• Service de Protection des Hautes Personnalités
• French Republican Guard

Georgia

• Special State Protection Service

Germany

• Landespolizei
• Bundeskriminalamt
• Bundespolizei

Hong Kong

• VIP Protection Unit
• Witness Protection Unit (Hong Kong Police Force)

India

• President's Bodyguard (India)
• Special Protection Group
• National Security Guards

Indonesia

• Paspampres Presidential Security Forces

Iran

• Iranian Imperial Guard

Ireland

• Garda Síochána Crime & Security Branch (CSB)
  • Special Detective Unit (SDU)
  • Emergency Response Unit (ERU)

• Defence Forces Army Ranger Wing (ARW)

Israel

• Knesset Guard
• Shin Bet

Italy

• Corazzieri Regiment
• Reparto Carabinieri Servizi di Protezione
• Reparto Scorte Polizia di Stato

Japan

• Imperial Guard of Japan
• Security Police

Monaco

• Compagnie des Carabiniers du Prince^[2]

Nigeria

• State Security Service

Norway

• Hans Majestet Kongens Garde (HMKG) (His Majesty The King's Guard), light infantry battalion of the Norwegian Army, tasked with the protection of the Norwegian royal family and the royal residences and defence of the capital Oslo.
• Politiets Sikkerhetstjeneste (PST), security service under the control of the Ministry of Justice and the Police, tasked with the security of members of the Norwegian government, members of parliament and visiting foreign dignitaries.

New Zealand

• Diplomatic Protection Squad

Philippines

• Presidential Security Group

Poland

• Kompania Zamkowa 1926-1939
• Biuro Ochrony Rządu

Portugal

• Personal Security Corps of the Public Security Police

Romania

• Serviciul de Protectie si Paza (Protection and Guard Service) (SPP)

Russia

• Federal Protective Service
• Ministry of Internal Affairs (Russia)
• GRU
• Federal Security Service (Russia)

Serbia

• Security Department (Odeljenje Bezbednosti) within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Law enforcement
  • Serbian Police Department for Security ^[3]
• Military
  • Cobras MP

Slovenia

• Slovenian Police - Security and Protection Office

Sri Lanka

• Sri Lanka Army
  • President's Guard
  • Commando Regiment

• Sri Lanka Police Service
  • President's Security Division
  • Prime Minister's Security Division
  • Special Task Force

South Korea

• Presidential Security Service

Spain

• Spanish Royal Guard

Sweden

• SÄPO (Säkerhetspolisen)

United Kingdom

• Civil Nuclear Constabulary
• Metropolitan Police Service
  • Protection Command
• Ministry of Defence Police
• Northern Ireland Security Guard Service
• Royal Military Police Close Protection

United States

• Department of Homeland Security
  • Secret Service
  • Federal Air Marshal Service
  • Federal Protective Service
  • Coast Guard Investigative Service

• Department of State
  • Diplomatic Security Service (DSS)

• Department of Justice
  • Marshals Service
  • FBI Police

• Department of Defense
  • Air Force Office of Special Investigations
  • Army Criminal Investigation Command
  • Defense Criminal Investigative Service
  • Naval Criminal Investigative Service
  • Pentagon Force Protection Agency

• Department of the Treasury
  • Mint Police

• Department of Veterans Affairs
  • Veterans Affairs Police

• Department of the Interior
  • Park Police
  • National Zoological Park Police

• United States Postal Service
  • Postal Inspection Service
• Congress of the United States
  • Capitol Police
• other
  • Amtrak Police
  • Supreme Court Police

Vatican

• Swiss Guard

Vietnam

• High Command of Protective Guard of Vietnam (Bộ Tư lệnh Cảnh vệ Việt Nam), part of the Ministry of Public Security (Bộ Công an)

Historical

Roman Empire

• Praetorian Guard
• Jovians and Herculians
• Varangian Guard

Ottoman Empire

• Janissaries

Egypt

• Ghilman

France

• Imperial Guard (Napoleon I)

Nazi Germany

• Schutzstaffel (SS)

Iraq

• Republican Guard

Japan

• Shinsengumi

Persia

• Immortal Guards
• Persian Immortals

Russia

• Russian Imperial Guard

Great Britain

• Royal Horse Guards

See also

• List of law enforcement agencies
• List of intelligence agencies
• List of secret police organizations
• Royal Guard
• Imperial guard
• Republican Guard (disambiguation)
• National Guard (disambiguation)
• Border Guard
• Coast Guard
• Home Guard (disambiguation)
• State Guard

References